Representative Phil Jensen (R-33/Rapid City) is mostly useless and occasionally harmful to good government. But every now and then, like when he leaked the transcript…
Tag: sales tax
The Republican spin machine is having trouble keeping up with its prime sponsor Governor Kristi Noem’s shocking flip-flop to support the long-standing Democratic proposal to…
Democrats aren’t the only ones razzing Governor Kristi Noem for seeking political points with a flip-flop promise to copy their plan—not to mention the initiative proposed…
Did Dr. Bydon slip and replace Noem’s heart as well? Was it something Reynold said? Or is Team Noem in trouble at the polls? Last…
Governor Kristi Noem is using NRA ratings to claim that the man challenging her in this year’s election, Representative Jamie Smith (D-15/Sioux Falls), is “out…
Hooray for corndog taxes! The state reports tax revenues at the State Fair were up this year: Tax collections from the 2022 South Dakota State…
Sturgis Rally traffic was down 4.4% from last year. Those fewer folks apparently spent even less per person than did last year’s riders and oglers—we’ve…
A good chunk of South Dakota’s $115.5-million budget surplus for Fiscal Year 2022 came from collecting $36.6 million more in sales tax than expected. But…
South Dakota state government took $115.5 million more out of taxpayers’ pockets than it really needed to in Fiscal Year 2022, which ended June 30.…